Scandals we need to remember
12 September 2026
Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led to tribunals of inquiry and the resignation of at least one Taoiseach. Here Mícheál Mac Donncha interviews him about corruption then and now. Free article
Rally hears calls for RUC members in Pearse Jordan killing to be investigated for perjury
16 November 2016
Even Judge Horner said during the inquest that the police officers had been ‘untruthful’ and that one or both may have edited log books Free article
Turkey stops HDP MP from briefing TDs on Ankara’s crackdown on Kurds and opposition
16 November 2016
Turkish Government pushing the country further ‘along the path to a dictatorship and the very real possibility of a civil war’, Sinn Féin TD warns after meeting pro-Kurdish activists Free article
Republicans honour Volunteers Patricia Black and Frankie Ryan
16 November 2016
Tributes paid to comrades who lost their lives on active service in England in the fight for Irish freedom Free article
Donald Trump and ‘Enemies of the People’
14 November 2016
The politics of Trump, poppies and Brexit are stark examples of how news reporting is failing citizens Free article
British Government is mocking victims’ families on legacy issues
13 November 2016
‘As more time passes, family members are beginning to die. Important witness evidence is being lost. The British Government is playing for time. It is a political scandal.’ Free article
Fearon calls for referendum on Irish unity
13 November 2016
Sinn Féin Junior Minister and Newry and Armagh MLA Megan Fearon has called on the British government to hold a referendum on Irish unity. Free article
Lansdowne Road Agreement ‘has run out of road’, Mary Lou McDonald tells major trade union conference
12 November 2016
Urgent need to begin process of reaching a new agreement and addressing the issue of equal pay for equal work Free article
All-Ireland support for Irish language – new independent research report ‘Céard É An Scéal?’
12 November 2016
Conradh na Gaeilge launches second report in research series at Oireachtas Festival – statistics show great interest in learning Irish both North and South Free article
PSNI chief says hurls are not offensive weapons
10 November 2016
Facebook video posted by police in response to community outcry over PSNI warning during routine traffic stop Free article
Ruth Dudley Edwards says BBC forcing nationalists to wear poppy should be legally challenged
10 November 2016
Call by Danny Morrison supported by ‘Sunday Independent’ columnist Free article
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